Risk assessment in conservation biology /

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Author / Creator:Burgman, Mark A.
Imprint:London ; New York : Chapman & Hall, 1993.
Description:viii, 314 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Population and community biology series 12
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1408001
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Other authors / contributors:Ferson, S.
Akc̜akaya, H. R.
ISBN:0412350300 (HB)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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